How water was weaponized in Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Ukraine – Sveta has no doubt why the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, a shipbuilding hub home to half a million people, has gone […]
Russia–Ukraine War
Putin declares martial law in seized Ukrainian regions
Kyiv/Mikolaiv, Ukraine – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday introduced martial law in four Ukrainian regions he says are part of Russia as some residents of […]
An oligarch’s yacht and 10,000 tons of China’s love for Putin
If you are looking for a symbol of the state of Russian-Chinese relations, it floats in the waters of Hong Kong. Whatever reservations Chinese leader […]
Russian drones hit Kyiv amid intense fighting in the east
Ukrainian officials said Monday that the capital Kyiv was hit four times in an early morning Russian attack with Iranian drones that damaged a residential […]
Defiant Putin says Russia is ‘doing everything right’ in Ukraine
Astana, Kazakhstan – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Moscow was ‘doing everything right’ during its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine despite a string […]
Russia must not be allowed to wage war to victory
The war in Ukraine is getting worse. After the Crimean Bridge explosion last weekend, Russia launched barrages of missiles across Ukraine, killing dozens of people, […]
Poutine and all the king’s games
NEW YORK – A specter haunts Russia – the specter of dissent. Anti-project protests erupted in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities large and […]
Is it an exercise? The next Russian nuclear exercises, a challenge for the West
BRUSSELS – With Russia set to soon carry out large-scale exercises of its nuclear forces as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to use them, the […]
A polarized world means the end of ASEAN as we know it
BANGKOK- As Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand prepare to host major global summits in November, the 55-year-old Association of Southeast Asian Nations faces an existential crisis, […]
Putin’s response to Crimean bridge attack shows how much it hurts
The bridges are powerful political symbols, and little more than the 19 kilometer (12 mile) link across the Kerch Strait linking Russia with annexed Crimea, […]